1 Apr
2012
1 Apr
'12
4:08 p.m.
not going to be an issue in my case. Still cant get it open...if by screws the poster
meant the hexagonal lugs or whatever in back then i guess its april 1 after all...
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On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 4:16 PM EDT Tony Duell wrote:
VR201? Remove screw under cover in the centre of the rear panel between
plug and pots. Lower adjustment leg to fully out.=20
Screen blue spot?=20
a) Run a hot wire (Styrofoam cutter) between the outer screen and the fro=
nt
of the tube.
Or =20
b) (only for CRT familiar persons) Remove the tube completely. Place in
something to support it at the face end. Don goggles and gloves. Chip awa=
y
the outer faceplate bit by bit. Peel off the soft plastic. Polish up the
tube front, rebuild the monitor and put spacers at the four corners then
replace casing. Does wonders for the brightness as well.
Look, I know what day it is, but practical jokes are supposed to be
funny, and not endager innocent bystnaders at som random future time.
CRT implosions are not common, I agree. But they must be serious enough
tat even in the less safety-concious times of 50 years ago all TV sets
had some kind of implosion protection.
Unless you have definiete infroamtion to the contrary, I will go by what
every CRT data sheet I've looked at says. That the twin-panel faceplate
acts like a laminated windscreen and supports te screen i nthe even of an
implosion, preventing the user from being showeed in fragments of glass.
Most CRT datasheets also say that no attempy must be made to remvoe the
outer layer, but I think it's popsible to do this safely _provided you
then re-bond the layers together properly_. LEaving off the outer layer,
or not bonding it to the frotn of the envelope is not acceptable IMHO.
You don't know when the CRT could implode, or who might be in front of it
at the time.
-tony 
2 Apr
2 Apr
noon
not going to be an issue in my case. Still cant get it open...if by
screws the poster meant the hexagonal lugs or whatever in back then i
guess its april 1 after all...
I can assure you I do not post misleading techncial information at any
time. Or at least not delibarately misleading information (I obviosuly
make mistakes).
[FWIW, in England, April Fool's Day ends at noon. If you play a joke
after that time, the joke is on you.]
But back to the monitor.
It sounds like you're remvoig nthe 2 little hexagonal jackposts on the
DA15 connector. No, those are not what I mean. You don't have to remove
those.
Near that connector, between it and the 2 thumbwheel controls I think,
there's a plastic dome about 5/8" across. Prise that off (Pry it off, I
guess). Under it is a Phillips head screw. Take thoat one out, then the
cover will side off.
-tony
3 Apr
3 Apr
2:09 p.m.
not going to be an issue in my case. Still cant get it
open...if by
screws the poster meant the hexagonal lugs or whatever in back then i
guess its april 1 after all...
I can assure you I do not post misleading techncial information at any
time. Or at least not delibarately misleading information (I obviosuly
make mistakes).
C: I don't think I was even responding to you matey.
[FWIW, in England, April Fool's Day ends at noon. If you play a joke
after that time, the joke is on you.]
C: So how do I know if the poster knew what time zone I was in, or the local customs?
April Fool's "Day" in reality is 48 hours - 1 second long if you want to
stretch the definition.
But back to the monitor.
It sounds like you're remvoig nthe 2 little hexagonal jackposts on the
DA15 connector. No, those are not what I mean. You don't have to remove
those.
Near that connector, between it and the 2 thumbwheel controls I think,
there's a plastic dome about 5/8" across. Prise that off (Pry it off, I
guess). Under it is a Phillips head screw. Take thoat one out, then the
cover will side off.
C: Got it off. Still not sure how to gain full access to the tube front. Either remove the
screws w/a long skinny phillips. Or cut those tie wraps...and go from there?
4 Apr
4 Apr
11:01 a.m.
not going to be an issue in my case. Still cant
get it open...if by
screws the poster meant the hexagonal lugs or whatever in back then i
guess its april 1 after all...
I can assure you I do not post misleading techncial information at any
time. Or at least not delibarately misleading information (I obviosuly
make mistakes).
C: I don't think I was even responding to you matey.
[FWIW, in England, April Fool's Day ends at noon.
If you play a joke
after that time, the joke is on you.]
C: So how do I know if the poster knew what time zone I was in, or the local customs?
April Fool's "Day" in reality is 48 hours - 1 second long if you want to
stretch the definition.
You don't. But you know I am in England, so you can assume _I_ was in the
BST time zone. And I posted it in what, for me, was early evening. And I
think that;'s the time zoen that would matter here.
C: Got it off. Still not sure how to gain full access
to the tube
front. Either remove the screws w/a long skinny phillips. Or cut those
tie wraps...and go from there?
AS I said last night, remvoe the cable ties, take the PCB out first. I
don't remember any particualr difficulties in dismantling this thing.
-tony
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